Device for playing pussy or ball



March 24, 1925.

cs. L. KNOWLTDN DEVICE FOR PLAYING PUSSY OR BALL Filed Oct. 10, 1922 ATTORN EYS.

Patented Mar.24, 1925. 7 1,531,105

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. ZKNOWL'I'ON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO ELWOOD F. WALT-ER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR PLAYING PUSSY OR BALL.

Application filed October 10, 1922. Serial No. 593,517.

To all whom it may concern; retained in position by its head 6 and the Be it known that I, GEORGE L. KNOWL- nut 7 or other suitable means. TON, a citizen of the United States, residing On the upper side of the limb 8 of the in the city and county of Philadelphia, lever is secured the cup or socket 9 which state of Pennsylvania, have invented a new is adapted to hold a displacea-ble memberflO I and useful Device for Playing Pussy or shown as a: ball in dotted lines, said cup Ball, of which the following is a. specificathus weighting said limb whereby I in its ti t normal position it is lowered on the base My invention consists of a device for While the other limb 8 of the lever is held 10 playing the game of pussy or ball or for elevated from the base whereby when said 7 ball-throwing, the same embodying a lever limb is struck by the stick or bat of the one limb of which is provided with 'a. regame, it is depressed and so the limb 8 is ceiver'for a ball, and the other limb is forcibly. elevatedtwhen the ball 10 is thrown adaptedto be struck by stick or bat, upwardly out of the cup and it is to be whereby the ball is ejected upwardly when it hit on its flight by the stick or bat and so is to be hit by said stick or bat and so thrown directed elsewhere according to the rules of to an extent under the rules of the game." the game. a i a I It consists also of a stop member which In ordertoimpart a more forcible motion i d t d t b engaged b the leverhsothat to the 'ballwhen the limb 8 is depressed 39 the ball is caused to leave the lever by and the ball is about to leave the cup, I greater inertia and so impelled upwardly seoureto the base the vertically extending or more forcibly and to a. greater height. rod 11 which is passed upwardly and freely The invention is satisfactorily illustrated through the vertical slot 12 in the limb 8 in the accompanying drawing, but the imof the lever. The rod 11 freely occupies portant instrumentalities thereof may be the slot 12 in the lever 2, and thus the limb varied, and so it is to be understood that 8* is guided true especially in its ascent the invention is not limited to the specific and is prevented from being twisted laterdetails shown and described, as long as they ally whereby the dart is caused to be imare within the spirit or scope of the claims. pelled true from the holder.

Figure 1 represents a partial side eleva- On the upper end of said rod which is tion and partial vertical section of a device screw-threaded is the nut 13 forming ahead for playing pussy 0r kitty embodying my which overhangs the walls of said slot and invention. occupies a position above the upper part of Figure 2 represents a top or plan view llmb 8. When the limb 8 is depressed the 35 thereof. limb 8 suddenly strikes said nut and is Figure 3 represents a partial side elevastopped against thesame and so causes the tion and partial vertical section of a modiball to leave the cup by greater inertia fication of a portion of the device. whereby the ball receives an impetus which Similar numerals of reference indicate throws it more quickly and to a greater ex- 40 corresponding parts in the figures. tent from the cup. The nut may be raised Referring to the drawings, or lowered on the rod and so adjusted to 1 designates the base of the device consistpermit, the limb 8 to be elevated to a greater ing of a block or piece of woodor other or less extent according to requirements. material which is to be placed on the ground In Figure 3, I show the rod having on its 45 or a floor so as to support the device in operupper end the head 14 and its threaded ative position. end below, said end engaging with the nut 2 designates a swinging lever which is 15 which is secured to the base 1. By this placed above the base and is mounted thereprovision the head 14; receives the impact on by the bolt or pivot 3 which is passed of the lever 2 and it may be adjusted in so freely through a transversely extending height by rotating the rod in the nut 15,

opening 4.- in the lever whose bearings are the operation being the same as in the pre- 5 on the ears 5 which rise from the base 1 vious case. and are firmly secured thereto, thus provid- It is evident that when the ball leaves ing the axis of the lever, said bolt being the socket the lever returns to its normal position ready to have the ball re-seated in the socket and the limb 8 struck as before.

If desired, when the device is played as pussy what is known as the kitty? thereof may be substituted for the ball.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a game of the character stated, a base, an ear rising therefrom, aswingi-ng lever, an axial connection for said lever with said ear, an upwardly? projecting-holder to. receive a displaceable .member,-. saidholder being secured to a limb of said-lever,.said limb having therein a vertically extending. slot, and guide rod. rising from saidibase and passingfreely; through said slot.

2. In a game of the character stated,.-a base, an ear rising therefrom, a swinging lever, an aXia-lconnection for said lever witlr said ear, an upwardlyprojecting. holder; to

receive a displaceable member, said holder being secured to alimb of said lever, said:

limb having therein a vertically extending slot, and a guide rod rising from said base and-passing freely through said slot, the

upper portion of said; rod having thereon a head Whose diameter 1s greater than thatofsaid slot, so as to overhangthelwall of the latter.-

3. In a game of the character stated, a

base, an ear rising. theretronna swinging lever, an axial connection for said lever with said ear, an upwardly projecting holder, adisplaceable member, said holder being secured to a limb of said lever, said limb having therein a vertically extending slot, and a guide rod 'risingfrom said base and passing freely through said slot, the upper portionbf'said rod having thereon a head whose diameter is greater than that of said slot, 50' 21-83-1305 overhang the wall of the latter, said head being vertically adjust able in height 4,2111 a game ofthe eharacterstated,a lever, a basekon whichthelever-is pivotally mount edg'a' holder to support 'a displaceable member arrangedruponxa limb-to said lever, said lever, being'adapted to be normally lowered toward ,said base, the opposite limb being normally elevated above said base, a rod provided-with a head, which rodis attached tdthebaseand passes upwardly and freely through :a slottedipart oi the first mentioned limb, said head overhanging said slot saidwlimb carrying said holder being adapted when raised to strike and impel saiddisplaceable member to a great length, saidthead being adapted to be adjusted in height:

GEORGE L. KNOlVLTON W'itnesses: J OHN- A. WIEDERSHEIM,

N. BUSSINGER. 

